SRAM Road Brake Lever Removal 2012 Red Shifter
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- čas přidán 5. 08. 2015
- Just a simple video of how the 2012 SRAM Red brake lever comes apart, and the orientation of the c-clip, friction washer, lever bushings, and pivot pin.
At the very beginning you can see why I'm removing the lever. I am removing the "SRAM" logo from the lever for a custom look. I have another video of how I used sand paper and some rubbing compound to customize the levers.
Note: one side of the lever in the video has a chipped lever bushing. Yours should not have the missing chip.
Thank you very much for this video. I had a problem with the adjustment of the guard which had broken.
Just removed the lever and glue the stopper.
The clip is really not easy to put back especially with the handle still on the handle :D
Well done video. Thanks. It is hard to show detail like this task and you did an excellent job on that.
I haven't taken them apart yet or had them sitting around in a shop environment as take off parts. SRAM parts are tricky and with their 'we warranty and replace everything' policy it's hard to find out info or get parts. I figured out the manual brake c-clip by pushing the pin fairly hard and using a really good light to see it. The real trick is just being patient and persistent if you really want to figure it out. SRAM doesn't use the machine assembly and 1 time use rivets system Shimano uses. All the SRAM stuff I have messed with comes apart with patience.
This helps me immensely - I was in a crash last summer and my left (front) shifter has had a lot of lateral play in it ever since. I checked it out more closely after watching this video and it looks like that little bushing broke off entirely. I'm hoping this makes it somewhat easy to fix. Just to follow up, can you link to the video you mention about using sand paper to customize the levers?
Sorry for the crash. I've been in several myself over the years...including the bike I had these on....so I wound up not making the vid. Sorry.
A little tip, SRAM road stuff uses quite a few of those steel clips. They tend to corrode rather easily. That's usually what makes them come off. You need to change your bar tape very regularly with that stuff so that the salt from your sweat doesn't build up and soak in. This is even more important if you live or ride on the coast like I do. Shimano stuff doesn't seem to have the same issues. I went through 2 reds and a force set before going back to shimano over the last few years.
Thanks for this info - I do live on the coast, but also use this bike for indoor training which is where the sweat around the hoods gets really bad. That may be a big issue. Here's the lever as it stands now (video taken after the race so you can see the fresh scuffs) czcams.com/video/5eNzMTZuDps/video.html
anybody know if there's a video showing this process for hydraulic levers?
So how did you remove the SRAM logo?
I sanded mine a bit and painted them matte black, looks really nice.
Wanting to do this with mine. How did you do it?
any idea how this works on previous model 10speed red shifters, there is no c clip on the inside?
It's really hard to see and remove the c-clip. I didn't see it at first either but it's there.
@@UpcycleElectronics definitely not there in 10s reds. I've looked at a few sets.